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Show TO ENITHE WAR. TIic President AsKs Congress for Authority to Intervene. P'ononnccd Against Annexation or Recognition Rec-ognition of Independence Ktllher I'eneUOan ralabllih rear. Ilrnee lalerirnllnn It ."lrfrj-Wr IUIn tl(.lll n,l,lll-ln'l HrlHr,.n.n.1 aiHH.In I.. llMaatlr-ll.e lll(ht I" Inlr.n. l..lo.llne.l hj Injur 1.. Hie -nii,irr f Hi ntr-Onlr llrlrf (ferrate .M.l In tha MaineWant anil lll.lrr., llefarre.1 In anil Meaaarea fer Thate Kallat Aake.1 fitr-llrlaf Itef- ranee In .trmlallr. Waihlngton, April II. -The preil-pent preil-pent today tent the following menage to the congrean nf the United fltatca. Obeallent to that precept of the eon-itltutlou, eon-itltutlou, It leiMiiM my duty now tn adilretayour Ixxly lt!i reifanl to the grave condltlont that have arltao In the relatione of the United Htatea and Hpaln, by rraaou of tha warfare that for morn than three yeara haa rated In the nelghliorlng Ulamla of Cuba. The present revolution la the nc-Celtor nc-Celtor of almllar Inaurrrctlone which have occurred In Cuba, eitendlng over a period of nearly half a century, each of which, oiuaed cunrinout Ua to tho American traile ami Mmunerco, cauteil Irritation, annoyance and dlaturhanee anee aiming oureltlaeiiaaml by the ex-erelae ex-erelae of cruel, barbarutie. and uurlvll-lfe.1 uurlvll-lfe.1 practice of warfare, ahKkeil the aenalbllltlea and orTendeil the humane ayrupathlM of our ople. Hlnee the prenenl revolution Inrgan In 1'ebruary, I -His, thla eouiitry hat been ravaged by Are and anonl In the eourte of a atruggle unnuallnl In the lilttory of the Uland mill rarely paralleled par-alleled at to the number of the combatant com-batant ami the MtterneM of tho con teat by any revolution of minlern Union, Our people have boheld a unce proa-pcrouacouiiiiiinlty proa-pcrouacouiiiiiinlty rciluceil to comparative compar-ative want, Ita commerce virtually pnr alyreil, Ha exceptional pnnluctlrenoM dlmlnlaheil, Ha flclda laid wnalc, It mill III mini and Ita x-onle ierlhlng by trna of tlioutaud from hunger and dcatltullon. In April, HHM1, the evil from which our country aulTered through the Cuban Cu-ban war became ao oncroua that my prcdrceetor mado an effort to bring fchout a pence through the mediation of (lit government In any wuy that might tend to an honorable adjuat-ment adjuat-ment of theconteit between Hpaln and hr revolting colony. It falU.I, through the reful of the Hpanlih government to conttdcr any farm of mediation, or any plan of eeltlciuent which did not begin with the actual auhinlitlou of the Iniurgruta, and then only on audi term at Hpaln herat-lf might ace Attn grant, Tho war con tlnued tinabatiHl, The retlatanca of the Intiirgcnta wa In no wltedlruln Uhcd. 1NIIUMAM WAIiriRK. The elTorta nf Hpaln were Increatcd, both by the dlapatch of freah levlea to Cuba and r the addition to the horrora of the atrlfe. The new aud Inhuman phaae, happily unprecedented In the modern hlttury of clvillied Chrlatlan people, the ollcy of devattatlon and concentration, Inaugurated by the cap-taln-gcneral't btmlu of Octnlr 31, lW, In the province of I'lnar del Hlo, wat theme extended to cmbrnc all of the Maud towhlah th power nf the Hpaiilah armt wat able lo reach. The pcatantry, Ineludltig all dwelllnga In the open agricultural Interior, were driven Into the garrlaon towm of Isolated Iso-lated placea held by the troopt Tho ralalng of provlaloua of alt klndi wat Interdicted. 1'leUU were Inld waate, dwelllnga unroofnl nnd fired, mtlla deatrojed, and, In abort, averylhlng that could deaolato the laud and render ren-der It unlit for human habitation or upport HnteommaiiilMl by one or the other of the contending partlca nnd executed by all the powera at their dlMMal. 'I he agricultural Hipulatlon, to the tatlmated number of JOO.IXHI or more, waa herdeil within the tuwnt nndtliclr Immcillote vicinity, deprived of the Ricananfaupport, rendered deatltute ofahelter, leflHnrly eladund expnted lo the tuott untatltfuctory condllUina. aTAIIVATloX Alii KITKHMIXATIO.V. Month by mouth the deuth rate In. treated tn an ularuilng latin. Ily March, lltiT, aenmllng to ettlmate. fnuii finlali tourcaw. the mortality among the roenmwnlradnt from tttr vatlon and dlaeate exceeileil ,u ier rvntuui of the total number. No practical prac-tical relief wut accorded to the deatltute. deatl-tute. Tho ovcrh-irdent-d towna, al' ready Buffering from the general dearth ooild giro 110 aid. The war In Oubu It of tueli a nature that, abort of aubjugatlon nr oxtcrmln-tlon, oxtcrmln-tlon, a dual military vlotory for either tide tceiut liupraetlcnble. The alternative He In the phytlcul ex-liauitlon ex-liauitlon of the one nr the other porty or pcrliapa both ueundttlou hloli In effect ended the ten yeara' war by the truce of Zon Jou. The protpeut of euch n protraction and cawolu.Uiu of the pretcut atrlfe la n coullngcmy hardly to be contemplated nltl. 'he I I equanimity of the iiifii.i "orldTanir lenttnf all by the ln(Je.l itatea af feeled and Injured at&ieare. deeply and Intimately by lu very etlatence itealltlng thla. It apMared to be my duty In a tpMt of trueurleadllncat. no leaa to Hpaln than to Ctobtaawhii have an much to loae by ihsfprolongatlon of th atruggle. to aeek tobnog about an Immediate tennlnttloivo! the war. deference la mad to oierturea ex-tended ex-tended to the Hpanltn Overnment looking to the granting of a more liberal lib-eral rule, which wat pHtlally met, and of the aumt expended lor relief of the unfortunate by publto contribution and government aid. ftnullnulng the president tayt: C III my annual metiaga of December latt. I taldi g "Of tho untried meaturea there remain re-main recognition of trie Intorgcntaat belllgerentt; recognition of the lode-pendenr lode-pendenr of Cuba, andjjntcrvtntlon to end tho war by Impotliig a rational compromtte between th coetettantt ml Intervention In favor of cne or the other party. l apeak not of forcible annoatlun, for that cannot be thoujhtof That, by our coile of morality, would be criminal aggreitlnn, Thereupon I re viewed thete alternative! In lha light of I'retldent Urant'a meaturrl wordt uttered In UTS, when? after teven yeara of tangulnary, dTitrucllte and cruel barharltle In Cul3; he reached the conclusion that theTeconltlon of the Independence of Cub wat impracticable imprac-ticable and Indefentlbtefand thtt the recognition of bellgerency wat not warranted by the facta according lo the teataof publlo law. Nothing hat alnce occurred tochange my view In thla regBrd.pind I recog-nliei recog-nliei at fully now ar. then that the Utuaiiee of a proclamation of neutrality neutral-ity eould, of luolf. and unattended by other action, ncconipllajjjnnlhlng to-wanl to-wanl tho one end for which we labor AiiAiiar iiKcoaimox or iinrrr.xii- I'rom thottandH)lnt of expediency I do not think It wouldjb wlte or prudent fur Hilt governrnenl lo recog-nlte recog-nlte at the prcnent time tRe Independence Independ-ence of the to-caltcd Cuban rtpublla Hucli recognition It not(neceaitry In order to enable the I'lllUd Htatet to Intervene ami jiaclfy lhaltlaml. To commit thlt country notylto the rccog-nlllon rccog-nlllon of any partlcularguvernmcntln Culm might aubjeel 11a toembarraatliig condltlont of International obligation tn rrcognttcd. In cate ofjntervenlton our conduct will be aubjeet to tha approval ap-proval or disapproval of Tuoli government. govern-ment. When It thall appear that titer I within tho Maud afgavtrnmcnl capable ot performing the dutlca and dltcliargo the funcllonatipf a nation and having aa n matterjiif fact the proper forme and attribute of nathm-allty, nathm-allty, tuch government cad be promptly ami readily rccoguiied ahd the relation! rela-tion! and lutercttt of the United Htatet wlUi audi nation adJutlejX There remain the alternative forint of Intervention to end tlioTwtr, cither at an linpnrllal neutral h&mpotlng a rational coinpnimlte between the con-tcttanta, con-tcttanta, ornt the acllio alley of the 0110 party or the other. I Aa to the tlrat, it la not lo be forgot ten that during the latt "fen montht tho relation of the Uultcdlhtatea haa virtually been one ot friendly Intervention Inter-vention In many way, each nol of Ittelf conclutlve, but all tending to tho exertion of a potential lullutnce toward an ultimate pacific rctull, Jutt and honorable to all luteretttTroncerncil. Tha tplrlt of all our acta hitherto haa bcoii an earnrat, untelllilildrtlre for pence aud piotperlly In Cuba, uotnr-ntahed uotnr-ntahed by dllTerencet between the United Htatea nnd Hpaln and unttalnid by the blooil of American clllieoa IiLttia'CTtoN or TUX MAIXX. Theto elementt of dang and disorder dis-order have been atrlklnglyTllluttratrd by n tragic uvent which havTrleeply and Juatly muved the Amcrlcanpcopte, I liave already transmitted to eongrett the report of the navnlrourtof Inquiry on the destruction of theJlattU'thlp Maine in the harlair of Havana during the night of the 13th of Febnitry The lot of that noble veaael liuj tilled tho national heart with luexpretatldu horror. hor-ror. Two hundred aniljjpfly-elght brave aallora and marlnet aud two ofllcera ofll-cera of our navy, repining lrl the fan-elcil fan-elcil aecurlty of n friendly liaybor, have liecu hurled to death grleffind want brought to their hornet amlTiorrow to tho nation B The naval court of lii'iulrv, which. It It needless to say, command t the un ipiullHed ciuilldeiiee of tliti gurern-ment, gurern-ment, wat unanlmoua In IWecnclutlon that the destruction of tho'jalno wat cauteil by an oxlcrlor exploflon. that of u submarine mine, ll did not at' turne to place the retponslbfijt That remains to lie llxod. In anyrcnl the ' Maine, by wlmtoer exterlnm-auae it a patent and luiprculvo proof of I ttatenf thing In I'nbii thiffu Inlnlcr I able. That condition la tliuThonn lo be such that the Spaulth gftli 1 mm ut I euunut atturo aafcty and nffliitt ts vtnwel of the American iianf m th? I harbor of Havana on n ftl..i.,u ( w, and rightfully there further referring In tMaffiini'i 'i,,,i Ui recant dlploiuatle corretiio?,!, ,, , , dUpateh frum our inlultlcrRj sh ,in of the Mtli ultimo, oontaloid 11, , ttatemenl that the SBanttSulni.t, ' for foreign uftalra, aaturol'yin pIWM ( lively that bMln will do nHjtlml n,, hlf heat honor and Justice rcjuli., ,,J t."-l Hie matier me amine. fTIrepfy almve referred to of the Silt ultimo, J alto contained an expression of the readlnett of Hpaln to aubmlt lo arbitration arbi-tration all the dllTereoeet which can arlte In thla matter. IITEBVEMIOX A X KEUinAI. The forcible Intervention of the United State at a neutral to stop the war according to the dictate of humanity hu-manity and following the historical precedent where neighboring state hare Interfered to check the hopeless sacrifice of life by Internecine conflict beyond their border I Juttlflable on national grounds. It Invotvea, however, how-ever, hostile constraint upon both tho pnrtlr to tho contest at wall a to enforce en-force a truce as to guide the eventual settlement. nnot-(ii ron ixrr.iivr.itios. The ground for such Intervention may bo briefly aummarlMil aa follows: first In the causa of humanity and to put an end to the barbarities, bloodshed, blood-shed, starvation and horrible miseries now existing there, and which the partlrt to the conflict are either unable or unwilling to ttop or mitigate. It I no antner to aay this I all In another country, belonging to another nation, and it therefore none of our business. It la expressly our duty, for It la right at our door. Second W owe It to our cltlxena In Cuba to alfonl them that protection and indemnity for life and property which no government there can or will afford, and to that end terminate the conditions that deprive them of legal protection. Third The right to Intervene may b Justllled by tha very serious Injury to the commerce, trade and butlnast of our peoplo and by tho wanton destruction destruc-tion of properly and devattatlon of the Island. fourth And which It of the utmott : irtance, the present condition ot li In Cuba I acouttaat menace to our peace, and entail upon till government gov-ernment an rnormouteiptnt. With audi a conflict waged for year In an Island to near ut and with which our people have tuch trade and butlnett relations when tho lives and liberty of oureltlient are In contttnt danger and their property destroyed and themselves them-selves ruined when our trading vessels ves-sels are liable toaclturo and areatliod at our very dour, by warships of a foreign for-eign nation, the expedition of filibustering filibus-tering that we are powerless to prevent altogether, and th Irritating questions and entanglement thus trltlng all these and others that I need not mention, men-tion, with the resulting strained relations, rela-tions, aro a constant menace to our peace and compel ut to keep on a tern!-war tern!-war footing with that nation with which wo are at peace. rttx-MtiKXT want i-owxii to iTor tux WAll. The long trial hat proved that th object for which Hpaln ha waged the war cannot be attained. Tho fire of inturrectlon may flame or may atnoul-der atnoul-der with varying seasons, but It hat not been and it It plain thtt It cannot be ottlngiilthcd by present methods. Tho only hopo of relief nnd repose from a condition which cannot longer be endured It the enforced pacification of Cuba. lu the namo of humanity, In the nanio of clvllltatton, In behalf of endangered American Interest which give ut tho rlglitaqdtheduty to speak and lo act, tha war In Cuba mutt atop. In view of these facta and these considerations, con-siderations, I ask the Congrett to au-thorite au-thorite and empower the I'retldent to take meaturea to teouro a full termination termina-tion of hoatllltlea between tha government govern-ment of Hpaln and the people of Cuba, and lo secure In the Island the ettab-llshmcnl ettab-llshmcnl of a liable government capable cap-able of maintaining order and obetrv-lug obetrv-lug It international obligation, I n-turlng n-turlng peace and tranquility and the aecurlty of ta cttliena aa well at our own and use the military and naval forcea of the United Htatet aa may be neoeatary for these purpose, and In the Interest of humanity and to aid In preserving the Uvea of the atarvlng people of the Island I recounnend thai tha distribution of food and supplies sup-plies be continued aud that an appropriation appro-priation be made out of the public treasury to supplement the charity ot ourdtlxena. 1'llKHIir.NT SOW WANT CONOnHtSIOXAI, Airriox, The Issuo I now with Congress. It I n solemn responsibility. I have exhausted ex-hausted every effort to relievo the intolerable condition of affalra which it at our doora, 1'reparrd to execute every obligation Imposed upon mo by the constitution and the law, I await your action. Yesterday and ainre the preparation ot the foregoing iiietiage,ofllotal information infor-mation wat rrcelved by me that the latest decree ot the queen regent ot Hpalu direct lien lllanco, In order to prrpare and facilitate peace, to proclaim pro-claim a. suspension of hoatllltlea, the duration aud details of which have not yet been communicated to me. Thlt fuct, with every other pertinent con-tlderatloii con-tlderatloii will, I am sure, have your jutt nnd careful attention In tho solemn deliberations upoti which you are about to enter. If thla measure uttalnt a ueecatful retult then our utplra'tlont at is christian, peaco-li.'lng people will lit) reullied. If It falls, It will be only another Justification for our contrm-plull contrm-plull aullou. Wll, I.IAM MolCIMilli Kxwutlro Mansion, April l |
